Twelve studies find that overall gains in charter schools are larger than other public schools; four find charter schools’ gains higher in certain significant categories of schools; six find comparable gains; and, four find that charter schools’ overall gains lagged behind traditional schools.
Source: Charter School Achievement: What We Know, July 2005 Update
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This document examines the public charter school market share on a community by community basis. While charter schools enroll a relatively small percentage of public school students nationwide, some communities far exceed national and state averages to enroll high percentages of charter school students. Nineteen different communities educate over 13 percent of their public school students in charter schools (and ties account for 19 different communities being represented in this top "ten"). In at least six communities, charters had a market share of at least 20 percent. Charters in New Orleans, with its restructured school system, lead with a 69 percent market share. Ohio has five different communities in the top ten, with Dayton at number two with a 28 percent charter market share. The nation's capital comes in at number 3 with 25 percent. The largest community on the list is Detroit, with 18 percent of its nearly 160,000 students in charter schools.
Date: 2006
Source: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
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